Only after much exertion could we see the dais.

There sat the judge, and there stood our lamented cook, the picture of dejection.

A soldier at his side displayed the wooden ladle.

The Christian dandies whom he had assaulted were giving their account of the adventure volubly, until his Honour, with a heavy frown, bade them be silent.

Then they cowered.
'Be careful what you say,' the judge enjoined.